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OTHE
PTIMIST
Vol. 94 No. 34
1 section 10 pages
WEDNESDAY
Jbruary 8 2006
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Strong start
The baseball team opened the
season with four wins page 8
New heights
Some students have begun rock
climbing several times a week page 3
Open season
The Wildcats' team tennis season
began last week at home page 8
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Campaign lacks $50 million
Administrators said reaching
the $150 million goal by
DKMiber will wbe quite a
stretch" but fundraisers will
continue to pursue that goal.
By MCI SCHNEIDER
Cory Eoitoii
fundraisers have raised
about two thirds of their goal
for the Centennial Campaign
but need to raise S50 million
more to reach their goal b
Dec.Jl.
T he campaign which began
in 2001 has a goal of S1"0
million said Brett Magner di-
rector ol development for the
university
"As nl right now we have
h little over SI 00 million"
Manner said.
Since the carl) '90s the uni-
versity has raised money with
campaigns Magner said. Ev er)
gift a donor makes counts to
ward that campaign's goal.
I he Centennial Campaign
divides into three categories-
the annual fund which is what
helps run the university on a
da) to day basis capital which
Includes building projects and
library acquisitions; and an en-
dowment fund which provides
reliable income and scholar-
ships for the university ever)
)ear through interest.
Each categor) has its own
goal and its own typical kind
of donations Magner said
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Ky
Magner
Lining up for some soul
EMERALD McGOWANStatt Photogrlplwf
David Galaz junior International studies major from Elsa serves food to students Monday during the Soul Food Festival an event to celebrate Black History Month
Popular
music
attracts
audience
a The new course which focuses on music
during the 20th century also will be taught
during Summer I and maybe next fall.
By LUKE HARRIS
SrAiFWmrrR
Students are learning about the popu-
lar music of the United States In the new
popular music course this semester. The
new course is offered in one section In
Its first semester and so far the profes-
sor said it seems to be going well.
Greg Bush director of
Jail studies teaches the
class and said students
seem to be receiving the
class well. The class Is of-
fered as a fine arts elec-
tive to all majors and is
a stud) of popular music
from the 20th centur)
starting from the early
1000s until almost a de-
cade ago. The course seeks to explain
what music was popular and what social
and political causes were behind the mu-
sic's popularit).
"1 realty enjo) it and I hope that the
students are cnJo)ing it as well" Bush
said
Bush said the class has 84 students and
is taught in Walling Lecture Hall which
holds ISO but Bush said he believes the
class has a very strong number consider-
ing it was offered on fairl) short notice
last semester.
The class is listed as a special topics
class this semester but Bush said it is be-
ing worked on to where it will be offered
as a music course.
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Ag department
adds four tracks
H Or. Foy Mills Jr. said he
anticipates the move could
Increase the department's
enrollment by almost SO
percent In a year and a hall.
By MALLORY SHERWOOD
.NHnu i Ei I K
The Agricultural and En-
vironmental Sciences De-
partment added four new
tracks to Its environmental
science major this spring
a move the administration
hopes will boost the de-
partment's numbers in the
future.
"e anticipate b) this
fall but more llkety b) the
tall of "07. that we will have
100 majors" said Or lo
Mills Jr. chair ol the gri-
cultural and Environmental
Sciences Department
The department houses
OK total majors divided be-
tween environmental sci-
ence agribusiness and ani-
mal science.
Mills said the track addi-
tions stem from a 10) ear
plan the department devel-
oped in 2002.
"We took a look at where
the current emplo)ment
ftnd projected emplo)inent
opportunities were lor our
students" said Dr. Kent
Gallaher associate profes-
sor of environmental sci-
ence "and wanted to craft
the emerging technology
with the emerging careers
that would resonate with
our current and future
students "
11) tall JOOli students
will be able to begin on
the new concentrations al-
though students are ahead)
transitioning into the con-
centrations this semester
Mills said
Fach of the concentra-
tions which are phase two
ol the 10 )ear plan partner
with a different department
on campus which will help
the stu
dents with
this major
in the lit-
ture Galla
her said
" W o ' r e
the de-
part m e n t
to make it
stronger more locused and
IliAlble so students can to
cus on specific career objec-
tives" he said
The concentrations In-
cluding Wildlife and Natu-
ral Resources Management
Outdoor Studies Polities
and Public folic) and Held
leehnolog) partner with
the exercise science and
health chemistr) political
seienee and blolog) depart-
ments respective!).
"I-rankl) we had to lace
realit) and envision what
the future would be like
when we reviewed our de-
See AGRICULTURE page 5
PresWerrtUI.Habonal
Merit Scholarship change
Effective Immediately for
all Presidential and National
Merit scholars scholarships
can be used
For nine consecutive
semesters instead of eight
For summer courses
including Maymester
between the first and ninth
semester
Scholarship rules changed
Presidential and National
Merit scholars now can use their
scholarship over nine semesters
and for summer courses to give
their schedules more flexibility.
By JACI SCHNEIDER
Coiv Ediior
Presidential and National
Merit scholars now have more
fleibility in the time frame of
their educations
The scholarship recipients
now will have nine semesters
to complete their coursework
and can take classes during
the slimmer and have their
scholarships apply toward
their summer tuition
The changes will appl)
to all scholarship recipients
immediately said Dr. Chris
Willerton director of the
Honors Program and profes-
sor of English.
"It will be a little more ex-
pensive for the school" Wil-
lerton said "but It will serve
the students and the flexibil-
ity Is worth it."
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Mills
University installs
new bicycle racks
B After the Department of Foreign
Languages donated $7000 for
the cause bike racks were put In
by the Administration and COBA
buildings and the Campus Center.
ByKATIIERINEFLANARV
SiLiirNr Riiuriir
Students who ride their
bikes around campus might
have noticed new bike
racks.
A group ol students circu-
lated a petition on campus to
have new bike racks located
around campus.
When the petitioning
students approached Jctf
Haseltine associate proles-
sor of foreign languages and
assistant dean of the Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences he
Informed them the Foreign
Languages Department was
alread) donating $7000 to
the cause said Bob Nevill
director of I'h) steal Resourc-
es in an e-mail.
"The beginning of the bike
installations are credited to
them" Nevill said
I'h) slcal Resources re-
ceived a request In the later
part of November b) Hasel-
tine to put together a cost
estimate to Install the bike
racks around lampus
"I'h) slcal Resources re-
ceived costs I rum several
vendors and contractors
then put together an estimate
that lllascltine) and Mclanic
Booker executive vice presi-
dent of the Students' As-
sociation could look at and
decide where the) wanted
the bike racks to be installed
lirst" Nevill said.
Nevill said the new loca-
tions of bike racks include
the south entrance of the
Administration Building
the east side ol the Cam-
pus Center the west side of
the Campus Center and the
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Mitchell Halstead junior youth and family ministry major from The Woodlands
unlocks his bike from the rack by the Onstead-Packer Blbhcal Studies Building
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